Time-recorder.



. constructions of the WILLAED n. BUNDY, or sYRAcUsE, NEWYORK.

TIME-BE CORDER.

Specification o! Letters Patent.'

Patented Slept-15, 1908.

Application l-ed AugustzZS, 1902. vSerial No. 121,482.

To all whom 'itfmay concern:

Be it known that I,W1LLAED H. BUNDY, of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and 4State ofNeW York, have invented a certain new and useful Time-Recorder, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to time-recorders, and has forits object the Aproduction of means of simple and durable construction for preventing the insertion. within the recorder ofA a card not arranged in the predetermined position, and it consists in the combinations and constructions hereinafter fully de scribed and pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 is a front elevation -ofa portion of a time-recorder embodyi my invention. Figs. 2, 3, 4 and 5 are elevations of' modified portion of a time-recorder shown in Fig. 1.

This invention` embodies a card-guide A and a stop B.

The .card-guide A is of any desirable form,

- sizeandE construction, and is here illustrated l a exten as provided with an entrance inone end having-divelging surfaces a and with an o ening ing through its opposite Wa ls for exposing the card when Within the guide.

j As preferably constructed, the stop B lis pi-votcd at one side ,of the card-guide A in proximity to its entrance, and is formed with engaging faces b b.' The face b normally projects into the (path ofthe card C below and at the inner-si the stop B and at substantially right angles with said pth; andthe face b is arranged iny an upwar A V inclined ,plane at the inner side of theJ face Said stop -B is also provided with a stop-shoulder ba and with an suitable eans, as aweight b for automatica y rocking t e stop on its pivot into operative 'position with its stop-shoulder b3 in engagement with thewall of the guide A.

When the card C is not arranged in the predetermined position and is inserted within the entrance o the'guide A, .the face' b encounters a transverse'edge of the card, as the lower edge thereof, and: prevents said card from assuming the desired position within the guide A. On the contrary, if the card C is in the predetermined osition, the face b is engagedby an edge c o the card extending upwardlg,T at an angle with the' path of the card and the stop B is rocked on its ivot out of operatifeposition against the action of the wei ht b"\b "fthe card moving within the gui e to the desired position.

e of the pivot b2 for The sto of my invention may be more or.

less modi ed, asV will be obvious tovthose skilled in the art, and as seenin-Figs. 2 3 4 and 5. In Fig. 2 I have shown astop Clo pivoted at cw and connected to aspring. on', and in Figs. 3, 4 and 5 I have illustrated av plurality of reciprocating stops CO (330040, thestops C29 c", and the stop C30. being pivoted to one arm of a lever c3 having its other arm provided With a weight c. .The stop C4 is usually provided with a card-abutment .cti

which may be removably secured. to. either end of saidsup ort for coperatin with cards havin eitllier side provided with inclined edgesor engaging said abutment.

IThe construction and operation of my C40 being connected'to springs czo means for preventing the msertion within the recorder of a card not arrangpd in thel predetermined position, Will now e readily understood from the foregoing description and the accompanying drawing, `and it Will be'apparent to those skilled in the art that more or less change may be made in the component parts thereof without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secur by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a't-ime-recorder, a card-guide, and a stop normally projecting into the path of the card for preventing movement of the card in the guide when not arranged in the predeternnned osition and movable out of said path by t e card when arranged in the preetermined position, substantially as and for the purpose described. 2. In a mme-recorder, a cardguide, and a stop-normally projecting into the path of the card for preventing movement of the card in the guidel when not arran ed in the redetermined position and mova le lateral y out of said ath by the card when arranged in the pre etermined position, substantially as fandforthe purpose s cied.

3. In a time-recor er, a card-guide, and a pivoted stop normal1y projecting into the" path of the card for (preventing movement of the card inthe lgui e when not arra its pivot lout of vsai path'by the card when arranged the redetermine'd position, substantially as an for the purpose set forth.

4. In a time-recorder, a cardfguide, and a stop normally projecting into .the path of the card for preventing movement of the card in ed in. the predetermined (position andl mova le onA the guide When not arranged in a prede-.-

termmed position, and movable laterallyout of said path bythe card when arranged in the predetermined position, said stop being provided with means for returning the sto to its normal position, substantially as an forV ,stop Vhavingan engaging face normally projecting into the path ofthe card at substantially right angles therewith for pre-' venting the movement of the c'ardwhen netv arranged in the predetermined position, said stop a so having a'face arranged at the mner side of the former face and engaged by the card for moving the stop out of the path of the card` when said card is arranged inthe predetermined position, substantially as and for the purpose speciiie Y A, d

7. Inatime-recorder, a card-guide', anda' stop having an engaging face normally projecting into the path of the eard at substantially-right angles therewith for preventing the movement of the card when not arranged in the predetermined position, said stop also having an inclined face engaged by an edge of the card disposed at an angle with the path o'f the card for moving the stop Vout of said path when the card is arranged in the prede# termined position, substantially yas-and for the purpose setiorth'. I' f i In a time-recorder, a card-guide, and a pivoted Istop having an' engaging face normally'projeeting into the path ofthe card at theinnervside of the pivot-and at substantially right angles vwith* said path for prevent@` ingv the movement of. the cardV whenlnotV arranged in the predetermined position, Ysaid y stop also having means` engaged by the card for moving thesto :out ofV the -path of the card when said Cardi) is Yarranged-inv the predetermined positionfsubstantially asand for the purpose described.Y 1 E 1 9. In a time-recorder, acard-guide, and a of Onondaga, in the State of 'N ew 21st day oiAugust, 1902. Y Y

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pivoted stop having an engaging face nor-` mally projecting into the path of the card at the inner side of the pivot and at substantially right angles with said path for preventing the movement of the card when not arranged inthe predetermined position, said stop also having an inclined face arranged at the inner side et' its former face and engaged by an edge yof thecard disposed at an angle with the path of the card for moving the stop out of sald path when the card is' arran ed in the predetermined position, substantia ly as and for the purpose s eciiied.

10. In a time-recor er, a card-guide, and a sto'p rovided with means the ath of the card or encountering the card w en not arranged in the predetermined position and thereby preventing movement of. the card, said means being movable by the card out of said path when the oardiis arranged in the redetermined position, substantially as and tor the purpose described.

11. In a timerecorder, a card-guide, and a stop provided with faces in the path of the card disposed at angle with each other, one encountering the card when not arranged in the predetermined position and thereby preventing movement of thel Card, and the other being engaged by thecard when var- LAranged in the predetermined position for moving the stop out of the path of the card, substantially as and for the purpose'specified.

12. In a time-recorder, a card-guide, anda stop having an engaging face normallypro-` jecting into the path of the card at substantially righ t-angles therewith for encountering'l a transverse edge of the card when not'arranged in thc predetermined position and thereby preventing movement ofthe card,- said sto also havingl aface engagedby an.

upward y' extending face of the card when arranged in the predetermined' position forv moving the stop outof said path, substani. tiallyl as 'and-forthe pu ose setiorth.'

'In testimony whereo I havehereunto signed my name in the presence of Vtwo jattesting witnesses, at Syracuse, in the county i l/Vitnesses D. LAviNE, 1 DAvrs..

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